Chapter 613 Sugar War (Please read on!)

Chapter 614 Sugar War

Auge was stunned for several seconds, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Are you serious?"

Brissot still nodded: "It's absolutely true. Your Majesty's order is on me."

Auger suppressed his excitement and asked: "So, how much does each black slave have to pay for himself?"

Brissot patted his arm: "There will be no fees and no restrictions. My friends, everyone will be completely free."

Oger's heart was beating wildly, but he looked at him with suspicious eyes: "You are not here to delay time, but there is an army on the way to Port-au-Prince..."

"I swear to God." Brissot said seriously, "There is no conspiracy, no army. Slavery in Saint-Domingue has become history."

Auge confirmed it several times, and finally no longer had any doubts. He began to cross himself desperately, but he was speechless for a long time. The dream he had been working towards for decades suddenly came true.

Only then did he notice that Brissot was still standing. He hurriedly moved a chair and said politely: "Please sit down quickly. This is indeed a bit sudden. Can you tell me why Your Majesty decided to show great mercy?"

Brissot immediately told him patiently about the king and the crown prince's recognition and practice of the ideas of freedom, equality, human rights, and fraternity. As a veteran abolitionist, this stuff comes right out of his mouth.

Then, he solemnly took out the edict of abolition and handed it to Auger.

The latter held the edict and nodded excitedly: "Long live His Majesty the King! Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Oh, Mr. Brissot, let's go to Parliament and announce the decree..."

Brissot raised his hand to stop him: "Mr. Auger, I'm sorry, the order cannot be made public yet."

Auge was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "I knew this was just a scam!"

"No, you have to believe in His Majesty's determination to abolish slavery." Brissot said hurriedly, "The Saint-Domingue Assembly can immediately pass a resolution to abolish slavery, and I guarantee that the slave-holding members will also vote in favor.

"The French government will express opposition and even send troops to show off, but there will never be any substantive action."

Auge sneered: "Huh, why do you have to do this?"

Brissot sighed helplessly: "Please understand the government's difficulties. You know that public abolition of slavery will seriously affect the interests of other countries, such as Britain, whose large plantations in Jamaica, the Bahamas and the West Indies are Had to rely on black slaves to work.

"If the French government announces the abolition of slavery, black slaves in other countries will follow suit and demand the restoration of freedom. Then France will definitely face serious diplomatic pressure. So we can only proceed in secret..."

Auge sat down slowly.

He knew the envoy was right. At present, Britain, the United States, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries are all keeping slaves, and they will definitely strongly oppose France's abolition policy. And if France receives too much international pressure, it is likely to give up the decision to abolish slavery.

"I'm sorry, I just lost my temper." He bowed to indicate, and soon said with hope, "This will take some time, but the abolition of slavery will definitely be accepted by all countries.

"Oh, the UK you mentioned just now actually supports the abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue. The Duke of Leeds came to Port-au-Prince not long ago to provide funding for the abolition movement..."

Auger didn't spill the beans. He was telling Brissot that if the French government does not keep its commitments, we have other options.

He then smiled and waved his hands: "But now there is no need for the abolition movement, so we will not continue to contact the British."

Brissot, however, was wary and asked hurriedly: "You mean, the British support you?"

"That's right."

“What funding did they provide?”

"this……"

"Frankly, I know you're brewing a riot. Are the British involved?"

Auger hesitated, nodded and admitted: "We are preparing for an armed protest. The Duke of Leeds is also involved in this plan. He brought some flintlocks and cannons and promised to provide 30,000 pounds of supplies every month."

The British never expected that the French government would voluntarily abandon Saint-Domingue, which made them immediately lose value in the eyes of abolitionist organizations and be easily betrayed.

Auger showed his sincerity, looked at Brissot and said: "I assure you that our armed forces will be disbanded immediately after the Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act."

"No, your army needs to continue to exist..."

Brissot stopped mid-sentence.

According to the previous plan of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Auger's armed forces will secretly cooperate with the army of the Governor of Saint-Domingue to drive the lunatics of the Booker Movement to British Jamaica and let them slaughter the British there.

On the other side, the French army in Saint-Domingue will pretend to be defeated by Augé's army and throw a large amount of weapons and equipment to them, and then let Augé's abolitionist forces spread to the Bahamas and the West Indies, eventually destroying the entire Caribbean. The slave plantation economy was completely destroyed.

By then, France would have lost Saint-Domingue, while Britain would have lost almost all of its sugar cane producing areas, as well as a large number of cotton plantations in Jamaica and other places.

Even the abolition movement can affect Brazil, causing heavy damage to Britain's little follower Portugal - Brazil is Portugal's economic pillar.

As France was the first victim of the abolitionist movement, no one would doubt that France was behind it.

If sugar plantations in the Caribbean, which account for 80% of the world's total sugar production, are wiped out in large numbers, French sugar produced from beets will gain European sugar pricing power!

But at this time, Auger suddenly said that the British were also involved in the abolition movement in Saint-Domingo, so the plan might be slightly modified.

Brissot thought for a moment and said to Auger: "We will talk about your army later.

"I would like to convey some of His Majesty's expectations first."

Auger frowned slightly, but still nodded and said: "I am willing to serve Your Majesty."

Brissot took out the document that had been prepared and handed it to him: "Your Majesty believes that after the abolition of slavery, the property of all Saint-Domingo people should be respected. No one should harm the plantation owner."

"As it should be."

Brissot continued: "And the plantation needs workers to maintain operations. So after the blacks are freed, they have to continue working in the plantation where they originally worked for two years. Of course, they will get due remuneration and respect from the plantation owner."

Auger thought for a while and nodded: "This is also acceptable. "

He also knew that black slaves had no property and had to rely on plantations to survive after they were freed. As long as they were paid, they would be happy to stay.

Brissot glanced at Auger and continued, "The plantations destroyed by Booker's riots should be compensated. And those thugs must be severely punished."